Negation as positivity in disguise

Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 233-259

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Balaban, Noga ^a   Fein, Ofer ^b   Alkabets, Inbar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611628     Document Type: Chapter

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